It’s Bandcamp Friday, which means that when you buy music from Bandcamp, today, all the proceeds will go directly to the artist. It’s COVID, it’s despair, a lot of these these artists are essential workers. They are not ornamental. They help you get through the day. Let’s stop acting like art isn’t an incredibly important part of our lives, our children’s lives. If you’re practical then creativity is problem solving. Loving your favorite artist means that you support them. Some …
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To close out February, The Mega Late Show took over this week’s track picks. If you haven’t heard Tokyo’s number one hip-hop podcast, The Mega Late Show is available on all streaming platforms. They had me on the show a while back, here. In exchange, they did two exclusive TMG mixtapes here, and here. As guest editors, Mega and Late of MLS put together some treats. Mega’s picks are relatives of a family tree while Late highlights some slept on …
Peep Hakuna Kulala crew and Nyege Nyege Tapes. Them dudes is wild for the night. There’s a lot of colossal experimental electronic textures weaving out of East Africa. Rapper Ill Camille is spitting like the industry owe her money. Producer Blockhead’s single, “Slippery Slope” off of his latest album “Free Sweatpants” features Billy Woods, Open Mike Eagle, and Breezly Brewin of The Juggaknots. Brewin is an insanely underrated rapper that has yet to get his much deserved flowers. His younger …
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